Hi. I have a Powerfile c200(200 disk firewire dvd changer). When I turn it on or at boot I get the below dmesg logs & the device is unusable. If I boot into single user mode ,before udev touches it, I can use it. I don't have the slightest idea when the problem was introduced however it did work with udev at one point. Tested with kernel 2.6.38 2.6.39, and most recently 3.2.0-rc2. Any ideas to get this working with udev, either correctly or by some form of blacklist? Using udev 175 currently Thanks Jonathan [ 5790.865607] firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5 [ 5791.464849] scsi10 : SBP-2 IEEE-1394 [ 5791.464967] firewire_core: created device fw1: GUID 003060f200002759, S400 [ 5791.665892] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: logged in to LUN 0000 (0 retries) [ 5791.668838] scsi 10:0:0:0: CD-ROM TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1212 1032 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 5791.670458] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: logged in to LUN 0002 (0 retries) [ 5806.664071] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: orb reply timed out, rcode=0x11 [ 5806.865691] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: logged in to LUN 0001 (1 retries) [ 5821.728060] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: sbp2_scsi_abort [ 5831.728095] firewire_sbp2: fw1.0: sbp2_scsi_abort [ 5831.728290] sr 10:0:0:0: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery [ 5831.728338] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.728350] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy [ 5831.728600] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 5831.728701] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 5 [ 5831.728897] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.731877] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.731900] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.731920] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.734999] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.735047] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.735108] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.735118] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.744801] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.744823] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.748970] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.748993] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.749093] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5831.749103] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5832.055687] scsi 10:0:0:2: Medium Changer Escient Powerfile C200 073 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 [ 5832.379658] ch0: type #1 (mt): 0x0+1 [medium transport] [ 5832.379666] ch0: type #2 (st): 0x4+200 [storage] [ 5832.379672] ch0: type #3 (ie): 0x1+1 [import/export] [ 5832.379677] ch0: type #4 (dt): 0x2+2 [data transfer] [ 5832.721333] ch0: dt 0x2: READ ELEMENT STATUS failed [ 5833.002180] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5833.002204] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5833.055034] ch0: dt 0x3: READ ELEMENT STATUS failed [ 5833.055042] ch0: INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS, may take some time ... [ 5833.099264] ch0: ... finished [ 5833.099276] ch 10:0:0:2: Attached scsi changer ch0 [ 5833.099429] ch 10:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg10 type 8 [ 5833.102387] scsi 10:0:0:1: CD-ROM TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1212 1032 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 5835.002208] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5835.002231] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5835.539113] sr2: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 5835.539387] sr 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr2 [ 5835.539507] sr 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg11 type 5 [ 5837.001143] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5837.001167] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5839.002201] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5839.002224] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5841.002160] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5841.002182] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5843.002215] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5843.002237] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5845.002178] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5845.002201] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5847.002215] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5847.002238] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5849.002201] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5849.002224] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5851.002170] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5851.002192] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5853.002201] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device [ 5853.002223] sr 10:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device .... [--------------------------------8<---------------------------------------------------] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html